River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas
E741277
River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas, is the prosperous and isolated wheat farm made famous as the setting of the Clutter family murders in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8544950 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas Context triple: [Herb Clutter, workLocation, River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas]
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A.
Wilroads Gardens, Kansas
Wilroads Gardens, Kansas is a small unincorporated rural community located in Ford County in southwestern Kansas.
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B.
Grainfield, Kansas
Grainfield, Kansas is a small rural city in northwestern Kansas known for its agricultural community and location along Interstate 70.
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C.
Mound Valley, Kansas
Mound Valley, Kansas is a small rural city located in southeastern Kansas within Labette County.
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D.
Roeland Park, Kansas
Roeland Park, Kansas is a small suburban city in the Kansas City metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods and community parks.
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E.
Town of Kansas
Town of Kansas was the original 19th-century riverfront settlement that later grew into and was renamed Kansas City, Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas Target entity description: River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas, is the prosperous and isolated wheat farm made famous as the setting of the Clutter family murders in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
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A.
Wilroads Gardens, Kansas
Wilroads Gardens, Kansas is a small unincorporated rural community located in Ford County in southwestern Kansas.
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B.
Grainfield, Kansas
Grainfield, Kansas is a small rural city in northwestern Kansas known for its agricultural community and location along Interstate 70.
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C.
Mound Valley, Kansas
Mound Valley, Kansas is a small rural city located in southeastern Kansas within Labette County.
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D.
Roeland Park, Kansas
Roeland Park, Kansas is a small suburban city in the Kansas City metropolitan area known for its residential neighborhoods and community parks.
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E.
Town of Kansas
Town of Kansas was the original 19th-century riverfront settlement that later grew into and was renamed Kansas City, Missouri.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
farm
ⓘ
fictionalized location ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bonnie Clutter
ⓘ
Herbert Clutter ⓘ
linked to:
Herb Clutter
Kenyon Clutter ⓘ Nancy Clutter ⓘ Perry Smith ⓘ Richard Hickock ⓘ Truman Capote ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| depictedIn |
"In Cold Blood" (1966 book)
ⓘ
linked to:
In Cold Blood
film adaptations of "In Cold Blood" ⓘ |
| describedAs |
isolated
ⓘ
prosperous ⓘ |
| genreContext | true crime literature ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
symbol of rural Midwestern prosperity
ⓘ
symbol of vulnerability of rural life ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | iconic setting in American nonfiction ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Finney County, Kansas
ⓘ
near Holcomb, Kansas ⓘ |
| madeFamousBy |
Truman Capote’s book "In Cold Blood"
ⓘ
linked to:
In Cold Blood
the Clutter family murders ⓘ
linked to:
Clutter family murders
|
| notableEvent | murder of the Clutter family ⓘ |
| primaryUse | wheat farming ⓘ |
| settingOf |
"In Cold Blood"
ⓘ
linked to:
In Cold Blood
|
| timePeriodOfNotableEvent | 1959 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas Description of subject: River Valley Farm, near Holcomb, Kansas, is the prosperous and isolated wheat farm made famous as the setting of the Clutter family murders in Truman Capote’s nonfiction novel "In Cold Blood."
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.